Mutable bake instance overwrite instead increments

UE - Anim - Mutable - Nov 13, 2025

We are using Mutable and right now we can't overwrite already baked SK instances. This occurs when, we have a set variation for a character and we address a feedback on one of the used skeletal mesh ...

GetStaticRayTracingGeometries doesn't check if mesh has ray tracing disabled

UE - Graphics Features - Ray Tracing - Nov 12, 2025

An ensure is hit for static raytracing geometry because skeletal mesh assets that had ray tracing disabled were not handled in: FSkeletalMeshSceneProxy::GetStaticRayTracingGeometries The concurrent ...

CreatePatchLibrary is broken

UE - Rendering Architecture - Shaders - Nov 12, 2025

It seems the FEditorShaderCodeArchive.LoadExistingShaderCodeLibrary missed some functions, use FEditorShaderCodeArchive.AddShaderCodeLibraryFromDirectory instead could fix the issue. ...

LevelInstance Property overrides: Niagara properties cannot be overriden

UE - World Creation - Worldbuilding Tools - Level Instances - Nov 10, 2025

LevelInstance Property overrides are broken when duplicating a LI

UE - World Creation - Worldbuilding Tools - Level Instances - Nov 10, 2025

Upon light debugging, it seems like the overrides depend on the name of the actors in the LI. The duplicated LI does have FLevelInstanceActorPropertyOverride but the Actor names were not updated upd ...

Build crash when enabling r.CreateShadersOnLoad=1

UE - Rendering Architecture - Shaders - Nov 10, 2025

When "r.CreateShadersOnLoad" is enabled, cooking will crash due to failure to create a shader. This occurs on //UE5/Release-5.5, CL: 41545209 and //UE5/Release-5.6, CL: 45232827 ...

"Visualize Level Instance Editing" defaults to on, during sequencer playback (for sequences withing a level instance)

UE - Anim - Sequencer - Nov 7, 2025

Version: Main branch 46320669; 5.7 Preview Epic Launcher pre-built; Issue: Playing a <sequence> that is withing a <level instance> turns back on gray <level instance editing> visualizing shader e ...

WorldPartitionConvertCommandlet hits an assert when converting a persistent level that contains a sub-level with a landscape

UE - World Creation - Worldbuilding Tools - Nov 7, 2025

Context: The Window tab allows a user to open the Levels window in order to add a sub-level to a persistent level. For Unreal Engine 5.0 and beyond, World Partition has made the Levels window obsole ...

5.6 Skeletal Meshes with Disabled Sections Flicker in Ray Tracing Scene

UE - Graphics Features - Ray Tracing - Nov 7, 2025

Skeletal meshes with disabled mesh sections will flicker in the Hardware Ray Tracing Scene. Also tested on //UE/Release-5.6, CL:45232827 ...

Adding a streamed empty LevelInstance in a WP level will result in an incorrect mapcheck error

UE - World Creation - Worldbuilding Tools - Level Instances - Nov 7, 2025

This is an edge case that can also be caused when a Level only contains actors were `SupportsExternalPackaging` is false.  This is likely the case for the "empty" level which surely contains a Level ...